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page 4Films based on adaptations

Flower Drum Song
1961 film by Henry Koster

The Man in the Glass Booth
1975 film by Arthur Hiller

King & Country
1964 British film

One Night with the King
2006 film by Michael O. Sajbel

Judwaa
Judwaa () is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film, directed by David Dhawan, produced by Sajid Nadiadwala and starring Salman Khan, Karisma Kapoor and Rambha with Kader Khan, Dalip Tahil, Shakti Kapoor, Deepak Shirke, Anupam Kher, Satish Shah and Mukesh Rishi in supporting roles. It is a remake of the Telugu film Hello Brother (1994), which in turn is inspired from the Hong Kong action comedy film Twin Dragons (1992) starring Jackie Chan, which itself is a remake of Ranjit Mallick's Bengali film Shathe Shathyang (1982).

Shakti: The Power
2002 film by Krishna Vamsi

About Last Night
2014 film by Steve Pink

The World of Suzie Wong
1960 drama film directed by Richard Quine

Yeh Dillagi
1994 film

Zinda
2006 film by Sanjay Gupta

In Secret
2013 film directed by Charlie Stratton

Hit the Deck
1955 film by Roy Rowland

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1912 film by Lucius J. Henderson produced by Thanhouser Company

Murder
2004 film directed by Anurag Basu

Akele Hum Akele Tum
1995 film by Mansoor Khan

Vicky the Viking
2009 film by Michael Herbig

La Traviata
1982 film by Franco Zeffirelli

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1908 film by Otis Turner

Freud's Last Session
2023 film directed by Matt Brown

Snow White
1916 American silent romantic fantasy film directed by J. Searle Dawley

I Remember Mama
1948 drama film directed by George Stevens

Daddy Long Legs
1955 film by Jean Negulesco

The Doll
1919 film by Ernst Lubitsch

Tumbbad
Tumbbad is a 2018 period folk horror film directed by Rahi Anil Barve and Anand Gandhi, and written by Mitesh Shah, Adesh Prasad, Barve, and Anand Gandhi. It stars Sohum Shah in the lead role as Vinayak Rao, and follows the story of his search for a hidden 20th century treasure in the Indian village of Tumbbad, Maharashtra.

Ghajini
2005 Tamil film directed by A. R. Murugadoss

Camille
1921 silent film

Brewster's Millions
1921 film by Joseph Henabery

Flamingo Road
1949 film by Michael Curtiz

My Fault: London
2025 film directed by Dani Girdwood and Charlotte Fassler

Lost Horizon
1973 musical film by Charles Jarrott

Humraaz
Humraaz (transl. Confidant) is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language romantic thriller film directed by the duo Abbas–Mustan. The film stars Bobby Deol, Akshaye Khanna, and Ameesha Patel and marks the third collaboration between Deol and the director duo.

Carousel
1956 film by Henry King

Rosaline
2022 film directed by Karen Maine

Upon the Magic Roads
2021 film directed by Oleg Pogodin

Ghulam
1998 film directed by Vikram Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt

Jism
2003 film directed by Amit Saxena
The Mists of Avalon
2001 miniseries by Uli Edel

On the Beach
2000 television film directed by Russell Mulcahy

Nicky Larson and Cupid's Perfume
2018 film directed by Philippe Lacheau

He's a Dragon
2015 Russian romantic fantasy film directed by Indar Dzhendubaev

The Vagabond King
1930 film by Ludwig Berger

Raffles
1930 film by George Fitzmaurice

Deewangee
Deewangee () is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language psychological thriller film directed by Anees Bazmee and produced by Nitin Manmohan. The film stars Ajay Devgn, Akshaye Khanna, and Urmila Matondkar. The music was composed by Ismail Darbar, with lyrics by Salim Bijnori and Nusrat Badr. This was Devgn's first negative role for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Villain.

Monte Cristo
1922 film by Emmett J. Flynn

The Pajama Game
1957 film by Stanley Donen, George Abbott

Freaky Friday
2018 film directed by Steve Carr

Abhimaan
1973 film by Hrishikesh Mukherjee
The Phantom of the Opera
1990 television film directed by Tony Richardson

Chhaava
Chhaava () is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language epic historical action film based on the life of Sambhaji, the second ruler of the Maratha Empire, who is played by Vicky Kaushal. An adaptation of the Marathi novel Chhava by Shivaji Sawant, it is directed by Laxman Utekar and produced by Dinesh Vijan under Maddock Films. The cast also includes Akshaye Khanna and Rashmika Mandanna.

Lonelyhearts
Lonelyhearts, also known as Miss Lonelyhearts, is a 1958 American drama film directed by Vincent J. Donehue. It is based on the 1957 Broadway play by Howard Teichmann, which in turn is based on the 1933 novel Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathanael West.

The Magnificent Yankee
1950 film by John Sturges

Matango
is a 1963 Japanese horror film directed by Ishirō Honda. The film stars Akira Kubo, Kumi Mizuno and Kenji Sahara. Partially based on William Hope Hodgson's short story "The Voice in the Night", it centers on a group of castaways on an island who are unwittingly altered by a local species of mutagenic mushrooms.
Rip Van Winkle
series of film scenes shot in 1896 and edited into a complete film in 1903

Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare
2025 film directed by Scott Chambers

The Constant Nymph
1943 film by Edmund Goulding

Too Many Husbands
1940 film by Wesley Ruggles
Otello
1906 Italian silent film by Mario Caserini

Hera Pheri
2000 film by Priyadarshan

Chachi 420
1998 film by Kamal Haasan

Double Take
2001 film by George Gallo